Microseism

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  • noun. A faint earth tremor caused by natural phenomena, such as winds and strong ocean waves.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A slight or weak earthquake-tremor.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A feeble earth tremor not directly perceptible, but detected only by means of specially constructed apparatus.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A faint earth tremor caused by natural phenomena, such as wind.
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  • noun. a small earthquake
    • Word Usage
    "When one of these waves interacts with the sea bottom, it produces a small tremor, or microseism , that travels thousands of miles through the solid Earth at about 2.5 miles per second."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    earthquake  quake  seism  temblor  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    aftershock  foreshock  
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